September 20, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



361 



Schling, A. L. Miller, W. H. Duckham, 

 John G. Scheepers, Arthur Herrington. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



October 6 to 11 will be "Flower 

 Week" in Philadelphia so as to open 

 the retail season with pep. All the 

 stores are asked to specially decorate 

 inside and out with plants and flowers 

 during that week. On Monday there 

 will be special gratis offerings sent to 

 the hospitals and on Wednesday a 

 special parade of decorated business 

 wagons. The daily press is to be well 

 taken care of with advertising and 

 reading matter. Chas. H. Grakelow is 

 chairman of the committee having the 

 matter in charge and he is a live wire 

 who knows how to get things clone. 

 Everyone in the business is asked to 

 get in line whether members of the 

 Florists' Club or not and help make 

 the affair a big success for the benefit 

 of all. 



Howard M. Earl left Detroit on the 

 8th inst. on a western trip of crop in- 

 spection and other business for his 

 principals, the Jerome B. Rice Co., of 

 Cambridge, N. Y. 



One of the most attractive features 

 of the parade in honor of the visiting 

 Knights Templar on the 11th, was a 

 beautifully decorated float by the H. 

 F. Michell Co., representing the garden, 

 the farm and the floral world in attrac- 

 tive and artistic shape. Much credit 

 is due to the firm and to the chief de- 

 signer Philip Freud and his aids, for 

 this good piece of work. 



Among the visitors we have had the 

 pleasure of greeting in Philadelphia 

 recently were: W. G. Neilson, 

 Plymouth. Pa.; Gustave Thomas, 

 grower for J. W. Howard, Somerville, 

 Mass.; H. L. Rowe of Mann & Brown, 

 Richmond, Va.; Wm. T. Walker, 

 Salem, Mass.; Chas. Vorkeller, Beth- 

 lehem, Pa.; T. Jefferson Groves, At- 

 lantic City, N, J. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above society was held in the Town 

 Hall, Lenox, Wednesday evening Sept. 

 10. 



There were two striking exhibits at 

 this meeting. A. N. Cooley, Pittsfield 

 staged a superb table of orchids, in- 

 cluding — Brasso-Cattleya var Sedanii, 

 C. Fabia gigantea, C. Fabia alba, and 

 L. C. Alex (Oliver Lines grower). A. 

 J. Loveless showed a well filled vase 

 of Columbia rose on four foot stems. 



Final arrangements were made for 

 staging a comprehensive exhibit of 



fruit and vegetables at the Eastern 

 States Exposition Sept. 15-20. The 

 society also plans to stage a similar 

 exhibit at The County Fair to be held 

 at Great Barrington. 



Edwin Jenkins gave an interesting 

 talk on his recent motor trip to Can- 

 ada. Mr. Jenkins visited Niagara, To- 

 ronto, Ottawa, Montreal and other 

 places of interest and spoke highly of 

 the bedding seen in the city parks. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 

 The first preliminary schedule of the 

 International Flower Show is being 

 sent out and copies may be obtained 

 by writing the Secretary. The show 

 is to be held in Grand Central Palace, 

 N. Y., March 15-21. The following will 

 be in charge: 



Flower Show Committee. 

 T. A. Havemeyer, Chairman; John 

 Young, secretary, 1170 Broadway, New 

 York; Frederic R. Newbold, treasurer; 

 F. R. Pierson, F. R. Newbold, T. A. 

 Havemeyer, George V. Nash, James 

 Stuart, Jos. A. Manda, W. H. Siebrecht, 

 John Canning, Julius Roehrs, F. L. 

 Atkins, John. G. Scheepers, Rich. G. 

 Hollaman, C. H. Totty, Frank H. 

 Traendly, W. R. Pierson, G. E. M. 

 Stumpp, John Young, Max Schling, 

 Chas. Schenck, A. L. Miller, P. F. 

 Kessler, W. H. Duckham, P. W. Popp, 

 Arthur Herrington. 



Schedule Committee. 

 C. H. Totty, Chairman, F. R. Pier- 

 son, Julius Roehrs, F. L. Atkins, P. W. 

 Popp, W. R. Pierson, John Canning, 

 James Stuart, Joseph A. Manda, Max 



BOSTON DAHLIA SHOW. 



It was an excellent Dahlia Show 

 Which was staged at Horticultural Hall 

 in Boston, Saturday and Sunday. Few 

 flowers seem to make so popular an 

 appeal as the dahlia and the attend- 

 ance at the show was large. Most of 

 the well known growers of Greater 

 Boston had an exhibit. 



A list of the prizes and gratuities 

 awarded follows: 



Awards for Flowers. 



Theodore Lyman Fund, No. 2. Dahlias— 

 Show or Fancy, 12 blooms, named varie- 

 ties: 1st, W. D. Hathaway; 2d, C. Louis 

 Ailing. Cactus. 12 blooms; 1st, C. Louis 

 Ailing; 2d, Alfred E. Doty. Decorative: 

 12 blooms: 1st, Ralph W. Clark; 2d, 

 Thomas J. Murphy. Peony-flowered, 12 

 blooms: 1st, J. K. Alexander; 2d. C. 

 Louis Ailing. Pompon, 12 vases, 3 blooms 

 each: 1st. C. Louis Ailing; 2d, Alfred E. 

 Doty. One vase, any variety, 6 blooms: 

 1st, J. E. .Tones, President Wilson. 



•Tulin Allen French Fund. Wild Flowers 

 . — Collection of wild flowers and fruitB, 

 correctly named, one bottle of each kind: 

 1st, Mrs. F. C. Upham. 



Silver Medal : Fottler, Fiske, Rawson 

 Co., display of Dahlias and Gladioli; J. K. 

 Alexander, display of Dahlias and Gladioli; 

 E. B. Dane, Sophro-Cattleya Blackii (Soph- 

 ronitis grandiflora x Cattleya Trianae). 



Honorable Mention : \V. A. Manda, Dah- 

 lia Mandaiana; J. K. Alexander, Seedling 

 Peony-flowered Dahlia Lavender Beauty , 

 Seedling Peony-flowered Dahlia Miss Ly- 

 raen.i Baxter, Seedling Cactus Dahlia Alice 

 B. Rand, and Seedling Decorative Dahlia 

 Wm. Stark Smith; W. D. Hathaway, dis- 

 play of Dahlias. 



Vote of Thanks: Boston Cut Flower Co., 

 display of Dahlias in vases and baskets; 

 Jelle Roos, exhibit of Gladioli; Joseph 

 Breck & Sons Corp., Breck Robinson Nur- 

 sery Co., Thomas Murphy, and C. Louis 

 Ailing, table of Dahlias. 



Awards for Vegetables. 



Gratuities: Joseph F. Madden, display 

 of vegetables; Mrs. Gordon Abbot, display 

 of vegetables. 



CHICAGO. 



R. M. Voorhees, sales manager of 

 the Chicago Feed and Fertilizer Co. 

 has returned from an auto trip with 

 his family. He says fertilizer sales to 



Mlrllell Float in Philadelphia I'arailp 



